Metal awning



Oct. 30, 1962 c. A. cLARY, sR '3,061,002

METAL AWNING Filed Aug. 11, 1960 INVENTOR. CHARLES A. CLARY, SR.

ATTORNEYS FIG. 6.

United States Patent Oiice 3,061,002 Patented Oct. 30, 1962 3,061,062 METAL AG Charles A. Clary, Sr., Los Angeles, Calif. (26001 Calmhill Drive, Torrance, Calif.) Filed Aug. 11, 1960, Ser. No. 48,994 3 Claims. (Cl. 160-62) This invention relates to improvements in metal awnings `and the like.

A primary object of the invention is to provide an improved metal awning consisting essentially of two panels hingedly connected together, the upper panel of which is adapted to be hingedly mounted adjacent its upper edge over a window or other wall opening, and to provide a hinge covering member which is slidably mounted on the upper panel between limits which will effectively cover the hinge between the panels when the panels are unfolded and are in substantially the same plane but which will be automatically cammed upwardly relative to the upper panel to assume a position wholly overlying the upper panel when the awning is collapsed and the panels assume positions angularly related to each other.

Another object of the invention is to provide a metal awning having the above-mentioned characteristics wherein there is a hinged cover member at the top of the upper panel which continuously overlies the hinge covering member in all of its positions.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will be made manifest in the following detailed description and specifically pointed out in the appended claims, reference is had to the accompanying drawings for an illustrative embodiment of the invention, wherein:

FIGURE l is a perspective view illustrating a metal awning embodying the present invention in its extended position and as having been applied to a window frame;

FIG. 2 is an end View in elevation of the awning shown in FIG. l;

FIG. 3 is a partial view in perspective illustrating details of construction;

FIG. 4 is a partial view in section taken substantially upon the line 4 4 upon FIG. .2 in the direction indicated;

FIG. 5 is a partial view in section taken substantially upon the line 5-5 upon FIG. l;

FIG. 6 is a partial View in section taken substantially upon the line 6 6 upon FIG. l; and

FIG. 7 is an end view of the awning illustrating the positions assumed by the parts when the awning is in the course of being collapsed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings wherein similar reference characters designate similar parts throughout, the improved awning consists of an upper metal panel 10 and a lower metal panel 11. The lower metal panel is hingedly connected at its upper edge to the bottom edge of the upper panel 19 as indicated at 12.

The construction of the hinge at 12 may conform to conventional practice wherein portions of the metal of the upper and lower panels are reversely bent at intervals as illustrated in FIG. 5 to provide knuckles that may be aligned and which will receive a hinge pin. The top edge of the upper panel 10 is preferably equipped with a securing strip 13 that is hingedly connected as by hinge 14 to the top edge of the upper panel and which serves as a securing means for hingedly or swingably attaching the upper panel 10 to a window frame or other stationary structure over a wall opening.

The lower edge of the lower panel 11 may have secured thereto, such as by rivets 15, a loop-forming member 16 that is adapted to receive a transversely extending tube or rod 17. This tube or rod may have its ends equipped with T fittings 18 through which rods 19 extend. These rods 19 may be pivotally attached as at 20 to the window frame. The lower edge of panel 11 may also have hingedly connected thereto such as by hinge 21 a metal ilange 22.

The rods 19 are adapted to be swung upwardly about their pivots 20 by means of ropes and pulleys, not shown, such ropes and pulleys being of conventional design. These have not been illustrated in the interest of clarity of the disclosure.

From a comparison of FIGS. 2 and 7, it will be appreciated that when the awning is in extended position panels 10 and 11 assume positions in approximately the same plane. However, when the awning is collapsed as illustrated in FIG. 7, the panels 10 and 11 swing through positions angularly related to each other by virtue of the hinge at 12. The upper panel 10 is equipped with a hinge covering member or panel 23. This hinge covering member has its side edges bent around the side edges of the upper panel 10 so as to be slidable between limits thereon. It is also equipped with a downwardly extending lip 24 at its lower edge. When the two panels 10 and 11 are in substantially the same plane as illustrated in FIGS. l and 2, the hinge covering member 23 is permitted to slide downwardly by gravity relatively to the upper panel 10 until the bent side edges of the hinge covering member 23 engage the ends of the hinge l2 as illustrated in FIG. 3. In this position the lip 24 overlies and conceals the hinge 12 and any water or the like falling on the hinge covering member 23 drops from the lip 24 onto panel 11.

Adjacent the upper edge of the lower panel 11 portions of the hinge may be extended to provide pads 25 and in the course of folding or collapsing the awning these pads are engageable with the bottom edge of lip 24 and serve to cam the hinge covering member 23 upwardly as illustrated in FIG. 7 so as to assume a position wholly overlying the upper panel 10. This camming action is accomplished by reason of the fact that the extent to which the lip 24 extends beyond the hinge 12 is relatively short and when the edge of the lip 24 overlies the pads 25 on panel 11 as shown in FIG. 5, it is in spaced relation thereto. Consequently, in the course of collapsing the awning the hinge covering member 23 is automatically cammed upwardly so as to not interfere with the folding or swinging of the lower panel l1 relative to the upper panel Ill about the hinge 12. When the awning is again unfolded or extended the hinge covering member 23 automatically descends into its hinge-covering position by gravity, and in order to assure that the lip 24 will pass over the hinge 12 the upper panel 10 is equipped near its lower edge with a pad 26 whose thickness is approximately equal to the height of the hinge 12.

A covering member 27 is hinged as at 28 to a securing strip 29 that is adapted to be attached to the Window frame. This covering strip extends downwardly and is adapted to cover the top edge of the hinge covering member 23 in all positions assumed by the awning, compare FIGS. 2 and 7.

It will be appreciated from the above-described construction that the improved metal awning may be easily and economically manufactured and possesses a number of important advantages. When the awning is in extended position, not only is the hinge 12 covered by the lip 24 of the hinge-covering member 23, but the top edge of the hinge-covering member is also covered by the covering member 27. Collapse of the awning is readily accomplished and a shift of position of the hinge-covering member 23 from its position partially overlying both panels 10 and 11 to a position wholly disposed over only panel 10, is automatically accomplished.

Various changes may be made in the details of construction without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

I claim:

1. An awning comprising an upper panel, means for hingedly mounting the upper edge of the upper panel over a window or the like, a lower panel hingedly connected at its upper edge to the lower edge of the upper panel for upward swinging movement of the lower panel relative to the upper panel, a rod at each side of the lower panel, means pivotally mounting one end of each rod adjacent the window, means pivotally connecting the other end of each rod to the lower end of the lower panel, a hinge-covering member overlying the upper panel and extending from side to side thereof, said hinge-covering member having its side edges reversely bent around the side edges of the upper panel to slidingly mount the hinge-covering member on the upper panel for sliding movement toward and away from the lower panel, the reversely lbent side edges of the hinge-covering member being engageable with the hinge between the panels to limit sliding movement of the hinge-covering member toward the lower panel, said hinge-covering member having a lip adapted to overlie the hinge when the hingecovering member is in its lowermost position and the panels are substantially in Aalignment with each other, said lip extending downwardly below the reversely bent portions of the hinge-covering member so that it may serve to cam the hinge-covering member upwardly into a position entirely overlying the upper panel when the lower panel is folded upwardly relative to the upper panel.

2. An awning comprising .an upper panel, means for hingedly mounting the upper edge of the upper panel over a window or the like, a lower panel hingedly connected at its upper edge to the lower edge of the upper panel for upward swinging movement of the lower panel relative to the upper panel at the outer side thereof, a rod at each side of the lower panel, means pivotally mounting one end of each rod adjacent the window, means pivotally connecting the other end of each rod to the lower end of the lower panel, a hinge-covering member overlying the upper panel and extending from side to side thereof, means mounting the hinge-covering member for sliding vmovement on the upper panel toward and away from the lower panel, means on the hinge-covering member for engagement with said hinge for limiting sliding movement of the hinge-covering member toward the lower panel, said hinge-covering member having a short lip on the lower portion of the hinge-covering member adjacent the upper edge of the lower panel adapted to overlie the hinge when the hinge-covering member is in its lowermost position and the panels are substantially in alignment with each other, the edge `of the lip when in hingecovering position being in spaced relation to the lower panel whereby when the lower panel is swung upwardly relative to the upper panel the edge of the lip on the hinge-covering member will cam the hinge-covering member upwardly into a position entirely overlying the upper panel.

3. An awning comprising an upper panel, means for hingedly mounting the upper edge of the upper panel over a window or the like, a lower panel hingedly connected at its upper edge to the lower edge of the upper panel for upward swinging movement of the lower panel relative to the upper panel at the outer side thereof, a rod at each side of the lower panel, means pivotally mounting one end of each rod adjacent the window, means pivotally connecting the other end of each rod to the lower end of the lower panel, a hinge-covering member overlying the upper panel and extending from side to side thereof, means mounting the hinge-covering member for sliding movement on the upper panel toward and away from the lower panel, means on the hinge-covering member for engagement with said hinge for limiting sliding movement of the hinge-covering member toward the lower panel, said hinge-covering member having a short lip on the lower portion of the hinge-covering member adjacent the upper edge of the lower panel adapted to overlie the hinge when the hinge-covering member is in its lowermost position and the panels are substantially in Aalignment with each other, the edge of the lip when in hinge-covering position being in spaced relation to the lower panel whereby when the lower panel is swung upwardly relative to the upper panel the edge of the lip on the hingecovering member will cam the hing -covering member upwardly into a position entirely overlying the upper panel, a hinged cover member, means for mounting the hinged cover member over the hinge mounting for the upper panel, said hinged cover member slidably engaging the top of the upper panel in all positions thereof.

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